cheers ppl! i think i will have to save the pennies and get two decent amps, i'm at uni as well!!so money is hard to find, when u run out of the student loan:lol:

have plans :thumbs: that dont require carpet!

uncarpeted? y?

hmmm most probably lets buy, but i want 2 uncarpeted boxs aswell so i wud see who can do me the best deal on that.

adi where are u buying the Jl subs? cel-direct or letsbuycaraudio

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Originally posted by snowy
Both me and AJP are at uni. We are n the same boat as you mate :P

Its just that we save up our pennies and get the top range stuff.

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my m8s sellin a 300.2 for 400 i think

dunno wot they are new

i got the version 1 of that sub and i got a 250.2 phoenix gold amp powering it. sounds good. me thinks i might have to upgrade it for the bmw

Those subs are :thumbs: got 2 in mine and sound amazing:!IMO

If i was buying amps again to run them i would either go for a Pheonix Gold Tantrum 1200.1d or a Directed Audio 1100d, but im not sure of prices on those, and for the components which are good, then a smaller same range amp like tantrum 300.2 or Directed 600 i think it is:thumbs:

Both me and AJP are at uni. We are n the same boat as you mate :P

Its just that we save up our pennies and get the top range stuff.

Yes u r right, but alpine is not a bad make, my current stuff is cheap alpine and good JBL and it sounds really good for what it is.
I have heard lots of alpine stuff and like the sopund and know that the MRD-M300 amp will power the JL sub fine. I cn always change them to JL or summat else when i finish uni and actually have some money!

I have a budget too, it's taken me quite some time to save it all up. I just spent £2k on a lot of Boston gear thats arriving in a couple of days.

IMO, if you are going to do something at least do it properly and spend the extra dollars, it will be worth it in the long run.

People have budgets u see. If i wanted JL amps too i wud never be able to afford it, i got the alpine amps off a m8, only paid £80 for the mono and £100 for the 4 channel, they reail at £250 and £400 so it was worth doing IMO.

Why bother with alpine amps, everybody knows that they are crap and dont give anywhere near as much power as they state.

You'd be better off going for something like a decent DLS mono.

Whats the point of getting great subs when you going to be running naff amps, might aswell buy some vibe subs instead!!

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Originally posted by snowy
You'll need a better amp than those shitty Alpines :P

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you will need at least the Alpine MRD 500 for the JLs

You'll need a better amp than those shitty Alpines :P

if i was u i would get the jl amps rather than alpine.

right i'm ordering all this,what do u lot think good or bad???

2x 12" JL subs JL-12W3V2D2

1x ALP-MRVF340

1xALP-MRDM300

1x Focal 16.5 componets